Data Analyst Winchester, England
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Job Title: Data Analyst - HC598510
Location: Mottisfont Court, Winchester (Hybrid working)
Salary: Scale SO1, £31,434 - £33,348 per annum (plus a market supplement of £1000 per annum)
Hours: 37.00 hours per week, flexible working applications and part time will be considered.
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 23rd April 2023, at 23:59 hours
Applications will be shortlisted w/c 24th
Interviews will take place in early May
As part of the interview process, you will be required to undertake an assessment.
About Policing and the Role
The challenges facing Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and policing are constant and ever evolving. Hampshire Constabulary’s purpose is to strengthen the trust of all our communities through our delivery of fair, thorough, transparent and ethical policing and to enable us to keep our communities safer. You can help contribute to this as a Data Analyst.
Are you looking for a new and exciting opportunity?
The Data Analytics Team is part of our Analysis Command and is a dynamic unit which provides vital reporting and data analysis capability to all levels within Hampshire Constabulary; engaging with stakeholders and working to deadlines to deliver for customers. If you like working with data, have a passion for data quality and data visualisation plus a level of professional curiosity then this may be the job for you.
About the role
What do we mean by data? This will be varied and you will be involved in a range of analytical data work across all themes of Policing from crime affecting Hampshire’s residents, understanding how we Police our communities ethically and effectively as well as analysing demand on our resources. You will be crucial in completing Home Office returns, understanding our crime and outcomes, mapping where crime is occurring and understanding our workforce. It is about collecting, exploiting, assessing and interpreting a range of overt and covert information sources, delivering valuable, influential data analysis enabling the Force to understand their performance.
As a Data Analyst, you will enable access to data through data extraction and data visualisation by identifying and understanding what data customers require, then, commission and build reports within Microsoft PowerBI/Business Objects and provide these to customers to meet the wide range of challenges that the Constabulary faces.
Knowledge of PowerBI or Business Objects will be beneficial however training will be provided to successful candidates.
Flexibility and creativity in your thinking are key, as is a keen interest in data analysis, taking ownership to develop and learn a variety of topics and being innovative in how you solve problems. You will be a vital part of a multi-faceted team, you will need strong collaboration and negotiation skills, plus a talent for communicating clearly and concisely.
Importantly, you will be someone who can build the bigger picture from the tiny nuggets of information you will unearth to support Hampshire Constabulary’s Purpose of making ‘You, Your Family, and Our Communities Safer’.
Salary and Benefits
We know that it is not all about the money and it’s making a difference that motivates our colleagues the most. We never want to lose sight of that, but we also know that when people are starting out on a new career, or moving to a new area of the country, it can be difficult. That’s why we offer a competitive salary with 24 days leave pro rata, increasing with length of service. We operate a hybrid/agile working model, meaning you’ll work from home and the office. Additionally, Hampshire Constabulary has a good Employee Wellbeing service and caring for our employees is important. We offer a variety of services including joining Unison, membership to Sports and Social Clubs, access to physiotherapy and counselling if needed.
Positive Action
Diversity is something we welcome and want to actively increase to be representative of the diverse communities we serve. To ensure every potential candidate has an equal opportunity of fairness, we offer support and guidance from the start. Whether you are just thinking about a role within Hampshire Constabulary or have already applied, the Positive Action Team are here to assist you.
For more information, please email: [email protected]
Key responsibilities include, but not limited to:
1. Liaison with key stakeholders to gather and document requirements for data reporting.
2. Develop and maintain reports, dashboards and other data products to meet user needs including ITD Analysts
3. Conduct quality assurance of their own and team member’s work, providing leadership in the team and support and assurance to the work of Data Coordinators.
4. Enable the completion and validation of statutory and non-statutory data requirements.
5. Provide expertise in Data Management, including through maintaining data flows, mappings and dictionaries.
6. Develop and maintain relationships with key colleagues in a variety of departments throughout Hampshire Constabulary to ensure data management meets required standards.
7. Enable the maintainance and development of Hampshire Constabulary’s Home Office Data Hub (HODH) extract in accordance with Home Office and legislative requirements.
8. Give regular and effective service.
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For more information on the role and to learn more about what the day in the life of a Data Analyst for Hampshire Police looks like, please email [email protected] and someone from the team will get back to you.
Essential Qualifications
Educated to QCF Level 6 OR work experience deemed to have brought the postholder to a comparable level.
Essential Experience
1. Ability to manage and understand complex datasets using MS Excel Pivot Tables or equivalent software
2. Ability to understand, visualise and present complex data for a range of internal and external audiences.
3. Good literacy, numeracy and computer skills. Previous experience of, or trained in the use of, data extraction or visualisation tools.
4. Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, with proven experience of forming and maintaining internal and external relationships.
5. Ability to use own initiative and work under pressure, possessing good time management skills.
6. Experience using Management Information tools and working in a statistical/analytical environment preferably working with both structured and unstructured data.
7. Knowledge and experience of developing user/customer requirements into technical specifications with a working knowledge of relevant data architectures.
Desirable Experience
Experience of Business Analysis techniques and artefacts
Experience with PowerBI; ESRI; SQL; Excel PowerPivot
Competencies
We are Emotionally Aware Level 1
We Take Ownership Level 2
We are Collaborative Level 1
We Analyse Critically Level 2
Transparency
Candidate Guidance for Completing Application Form
Contact details for an informal discussion
Please contact the Recruitment Team at [email protected] or on 01962 846438.
Please note that the email address you supply when submitting an application will be used for contact throughout the full lifecycle of that vacancy. You will not be able to amend your contact details. You should therefore ensure that you choose an appropriately accessible email address, being mindful that the process may take several months for some roles.
Hampshire Constabulary is an inclusive employer and strives to have a workforce representative of the communities we police and serve. We recognise that we are not fully representative and are working to address this imbalance through a variety of initiatives.
The Equality Act 2010 allows us to promote equality within Hampshire Constabulary by adopting Positive Action to support people from under-represented groups. Our aim is to recruit talented people with a diverse range of skills and experience and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our Positive Action team are available to provide support through the application and assessment process by contacting: [email protected]
The Disability Confident campaign aims to remove barriers, increase understanding and ensure that people have opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. We will accommodate requests for reasonable adjustments where possible throughout our recruitment and promotions processes and encourage anyone requiring reasonable adjustments to disclose this at the earliest opportunity.
